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From the Ted Talk by Freada Kapor Klein: How to use venture capital for good

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There's certainly a role for philanthropy, and structural change is also needed. But I also think there's a key role for private-sector-backed startups. That means, though, that we have to reassess how we evaluate talent and how we define what cttesuonits a good business.

I'm a venture capitalist, but I didn't start out that way. I've been an activist for much of my life. In mdldie school, you could find me on the picket line with Cesar Chavez's farm workers. As an utaeadrngdure, you could find me wonrikg at one of the first rape criiss centers in the US. By the mid 1970s, I cofounded the first group to focus exclusively on sexual hnsamrsaet in the uentid States.

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There's certainly a role for philanthropy, and structural change is also needed. But I also think there's a key role for private-sector-backed startups. That means, though, that we have to reassess how we evaluate talent and how we define what ___________ a good business.

I'm a venture capitalist, but I didn't start out that way. I've been an activist for much of my life. In ______ school, you could find me on the picket line with Cesar Chavez's farm workers. As an _____________, you could find me _______ at one of the first rape ______ centers in the US. By the mid 1970s, I cofounded the first group to focus exclusively on sexual __________ in the ______ States.

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  1. middle
  2. crisis
  3. united
  4. undergraduate
  5. working
  6. constitutes
  7. harassment

Original Text


There's certainly a role for philanthropy, and structural change is also needed. But I also think there's a key role for private-sector-backed startups. That means, though, that we have to reassess how we evaluate talent and how we define what constitutes a good business.

I'm a venture capitalist, but I didn't start out that way. I've been an activist for much of my life. In middle school, you could find me on the picket line with Cesar Chavez's farm workers. As an undergraduate, you could find me working at one of the first rape crisis centers in the US. By the mid 1970s, I cofounded the first group to focus exclusively on sexual harassment in the United States.

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